Chapter 650 Zhumen wine and meat stink, the road has frozen bones
The seriousness of the disaster in Sichuan and Sichuan today is inseparable from the few grain merchants in front of us.
If they hadn't falsely accused Jin Feng, causing the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce's granary to be sealed, Jin Feng would have started providing disaster relief long ago.
There wouldn't be so many people starving to death or freezing to death.
Before coming to Xichuan, Jin Feng wanted to chop up all these grain merchants and feed them to the dogs, but now that he caught them and saw their ugly behavior, he suddenly became calm.
The Ninth Princess has even beheaded the rich and powerful, so the fate of these grain merchants will not be much better.
After running back and forth for so long, Jin Feng was really tired and didn't bother to argue with a group of people who were destined to die.
So he didn't let Liu make things difficult for the grain merchants. He just waved his hand and motioned to Wei Shengjun to take them with him, and let the grain merchants walk back to Xichuan City naked like everyone else.
"My lord, sir, do you see what I found in the kitchen?"
Meng Tianhai ran over with several big bear paws: "Such plump bear paws are rare. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them. I didn't expect there are so many in stock at Green Water Villa!"
Black bears, like tigers, were protected animals in Jin Feng's previous life, but in Dakang they were extremely harmful. If a black bear or tiger was killed, the government would not blame them, but would reward them.
Jin Feng's first pot of gold in Dakang was obtained by killing tigers.
Black bears do not move as quickly as tigers, so they usually move in remote mountains and forests. It is more difficult to hunt black bears than tigers, and it is rare to see bear paws in the market.
As a man of two generations, Jin Feng has never eaten bear paws. If he encounters a hunter selling bear paws, Jin Feng will be happy to get one.
But now he has no appetite at all.
Meng Tianhai hung the bear's paw on his horse sack and said with a smile: "Sir, sir, let me tell you, there are not only bear paws in the kitchen, but also dozens of monkeys, monkey brains, monkey lips, and monkey breasts.
Good thing, we finally caught up..."
"do not talk!"
Jin Feng couldn't stand listening anymore and shouted to Meng Tianhai: "Go and let those monkeys go!"
There are many monkeys in Sichuan and Sichuan, and monkey brains have always been a common dish at banquets among the rich and powerful in Sichuan and Sichuan.
Although Jin Feng has never eaten it, he has heard of it.
To eat monkey brains, you have to tie up the monkey, pry open the skull alive, pour boiling oil on it, and eat it with a spoon.
Just thinking about it made Jin Feng feel cruel.
The few wooden boxes I saw in the rooms where the wealthy gentry were having banquets just flashed through my mind.
At that time, he was still wondering what those boxes were for, but now he knew.
The box should be used to secure the monkey.
"Sir, there are leopard fetuses, camel humps, abalone, etc. in the kitchen. If you don't like eating monkey brains, I'll get you something else."
Meng Tianhai hadn't realized what was wrong with Jin Feng, so he continued excitedly: "Those abalones are still alive. I don't know how they transported them from the sea."
"No need, I'm afraid of being punished by God if I eat the food here!"
Jin Feng shook his head and stopped Meng Tianhai again.
It can be said that the money of the powerful is scraped from the common people. Green Water Villa specializes in serving the rich and powerful. Jin Feng really can't eat the food here.
He found it disgusting.
"Give the bear paw back!" Qing Xinyao glared at Meng Tianhai: "You are a general of the Weisheng Army, not a bandit!"
"yes!"
Even though Meng Tianhai was just a stone, he noticed something strange about Jin Feng and quickly took off the bear's paw.
"Also, pass on the order. The Weisheng Army is here to arrest people, not to rob. Anyone who dares to take the opportunity to insult the women here will take the things here and be dealt with according to military law!"
Qing Xinyao added another sentence.
It has long been an unwritten rule for soldiers to steal sheep when they raid homes.
When Meng Tianhai took things from the back kitchen of Green Water Villa, he took them as a matter of course and confidently.
If the general is like this, the soldiers will naturally follow his example.
Just now, Jin Feng saw several soldiers kicking in the door and secretly stuffing the valuables in the room into their arms.
But Wei Shengjun is not his, and Jin Feng has no control over it.
"Sir, I am not strict in running the army, which makes you laugh."
After Meng Tianhai left, Qing Xinyao looked at Jin Feng, a little surprised.
In fact, the Weisheng Army is the most elite team under Qing Xinyao, and its military discipline is quite strict, which is not the case in normal times.
It's just that in Qing Xinyao's eyes, Green Water Villa was just a treasury for the powerful to burn money, so he didn't restrain Wei Shengjun.
Meng Tianhai also understood this, so he dared to show off with a bear paw.
"Green Water Villa is not something that ordinary people can just rob."
Jin Feng understood what Qing Xinyao meant, shook his head and said: "I just thought of a poem and felt a little emotional in my heart. It has nothing to do with Wei Shengjun."
"Mr. Suwen is a talented poet. I wonder what other masterpieces he has remembered?"
Qing Xinyao asked curiously.
"While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone!"
"While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone……"
Qing Xinyao recited it silently and nodded slightly.
On the way from Xichuan, he did see several bodies frozen to death on the roadside.
When we arrived at Green Water Villa, we were in a state of luxury again.
It fits exactly with the poem Jin Feng just said.
"That's just one sentence, what else is there?"
"When we prosper, the people suffer! When we die, the people suffer!"
"Prosperity, the people suffer! Death, the people suffer?"
Qing Xinyao frowned slightly.
The previous sentence is just a satire on the powerful. Although it will offend people, it is not bad.
However, this sentence is somewhat taboo. If someone interprets it maliciously, it can be said that Jin Feng is cursing the demise of Dakang.
But thinking of the poems Jin Feng had written before, Qing Xinyao felt relieved again.
This was not the first time that he wrote poems to sympathize with the people and satirize the court. He was also impeached in court more than once, saying that he had cursed Dakang. However, Chen Ji did not blame Jin Feng for this, but instead praised him for his good writing.
At this point, Chen Ji was indeed more generous and tolerant than most emperors.
"The wine and meat in the Zhumen stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. When the people are prosperous, the people are suffering. When they die, the people are suffering... What is the way to write this?"
Although Qing Xinyao was a general, he also read poetry and knew the basic rhythm of poetry.
"There's no way to write it, I just thought of it."
Jin Feng was really not in the mood to discuss poetry with Qing Xinyao at this time, so he just talked casually.
Qing Xinyao saw that Jin Feng was not very interested and didn't ask any more questions.
The person he wanted to arrest had been caught. Qing Xinyao waited for Meng Tianhai to return the bear's paw, and then ordered the return trip.
The bodyguards protected Jin Feng in the front, and Wei Shengjun suppressed the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the back as they walked out of Green Water Villa.
Those who can spend money in Green Water Villa are either rich or expensive. You can imagine the feeling of walking naked in the cold wind.
Fortunately, all the wealthy businessmen and gentry were fat, with fat heads and big ears that could withstand the cold. Only two older ones failed to hold on and fell on the roadside.
Qing Xinyao really did what he said and asked Wei Shengjun to throw them to the roadside and let them fend for themselves.